Christopher Gelpi (born 1966) is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

. He is currently the Director of the

Mershon Center The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is a research institute at the Ohio State University. The current director is Dorothy Noyes. History The Mershon Center was founded in 1952 upon the death of Ralph D. Mershon, an alumnus o ...

for Conflict Resolution, the Endowed Chair in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, and a published author who writes on the sources of international military conflict and American public opinion on foreign policy issues.

Education

Gelpi holds a PhD in political science from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

Publications

Articles

* Competency Costs in Foreign Affairs: Presidential Performance in International Conflicts and Domestic Legislative Success, 1953–2001, ''

American Journal of Political Science The ''American Journal of Political Science'' is an academic journal published by the Midwest Political Science Association. It was formerly known as the ''Midwest Journal of Political Science''. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', it ...

'', December 16, 2014 (co-authored with Joseph M. Grieco) * Let's Get a Second Opinion: International Institutions and American Public Support for War, ''

International Studies Quarterly ''International Studies Quarterly'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of international studies and an official journal of the International Studies Association. It was established in 1959 and is published by Oxford University Press. Ox ...

'', November 6, 2011 (co-authored with Joseph M. Grieco, Jason Reifler, and

Peter D. Feaver Peter Douglas Feaver (born December 17, 1961) is an American political scientist. He is currently a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University and a civil-military relations scholar. Feaver has served as director of t ...

)

References

External links

Political science department at Ohio State

Christopher Gelpi's website
1966 births American political scientists Ohio State University faculty Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-polisci-bio-stub